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    A Day without Women - March 8th (Women March)


    On March 8th, International Women’s Day, women and our allies will act together creatively to withdraw from the corporations that harm us and find ways to support the businesses, organizations and communities that sustain us. As we prepare for A Day Without A Woman, we ask:


    1. Do businesses support our communities, or do they drain our communities?
    2. Do they strive for gender equity or do they support the policies and leaders that perpetuate oppression?
    3. Do they align with a sustainable environment or do they profit off destruction and steal the futures of our children?
    We unite with the International Women’s Strike on March 8th and we observe Strike4Democracy’s Day of Planning on Friday, February 17th as we gather our friends, families, neighbors and coworkers and make plans to stand up for economic justice, affirmatively building community, and supporting local, women- and minority-owned businesses. In the weeks leading up to March 8th, we will continue to discuss the variety of ways that all people can join the fight for economic justice.

    Recognizing the multiple, intersecting identities of women, we support and admire these efforts:
    #DIVESTDAPL

    #GRABYOURWALLET

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    Re: A Day without Women - March 8th (Women March)



    On International Women's Day, March 8th, women and our allies will act together for equity, justice and the human rights of women and all gender-oppressed people, through a one-day demonstration of economic solidarity.

    ARE YOU IN?

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    (and more info)

    In the same spirit of love and liberation that inspired the Women's March, we join together in making March 8th A Day Without a Woman, recognizing the enormous value that women of all backgrounds add to our socio-economic system--while receiving lower wages and experiencing greater inequities, vulnerability to discrimination, sexual harassment, and job insecurity. We recognize that trans and gender nonconforming people face heightened levels of discrimination, social oppression and political targeting. We believe in gender justice.

    Anyone, anywhere, can join by making March 8th A Day Without a Woman, in one or all of the following ways:

    1. Women take the day off, from paid and unpaid labor
    2. Avoid shopping for one day (with exceptions for small, women- and minority-owned businesses).
    3. Wear RED in solidarity with A Day Without A Woman
    A Day Without a Woman reaffirms our commitment to the Principles of Unity, which were collaboratively outlined for the Women’s March. We are inspired by recent courageous actions like the "Bodega strike" lead by Yemeni immigrant store owners in New York City and the Day Without Immigrants across the U.S. We applaud the efforts of #GrabYourWallet and others to bring public accountability to unethical corporate practices. The Women's March stands in solidarity with the International Women's Strike organizers, feminists of color and grassroots groups in planning global actions for equity, justice and human rights.

    When millions of us stood together in January, we saw clearly that our army of love greatly outnumbers that of fear, greed and hatred. Let's raise our voices together again, to say that women’s rights are human rights, regardless of a woman’s race, ethnicity, religion, immigration status, sexual identity, gender expression, economic status, age or disability.

    For more information on A Day Without A Woman, please see our FAQs.
    For a template letter to inform your employer of your participation in A Day Without A Woman, click here.
    For social media content and graphics, please check out this page.
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    Re: A Day without Women - March 8th (Women March)

    Is there something going on somewhere in Sonoma County this March 8th?
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    Re: A Day without Women - March 8th (Women March)

    Quote Posted in reply to the post by Edward Mendoza: View Post
    Is there something going on somewhere in Sonoma County this March 8th?
    Yes! See:

    Women's Day event by Indivisibles

    and

    International Women's Day Solidarity Circle / Honk&Wave downtown Sebastopol
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